Zaynab

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Zaynab, and variant spellings, is an Arabic female given name meaning 'a flower in the desert'. Zainab bint Muhammad was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Zaynab bint Ali was a granddaughter, two of his wives were Zaynab bint Jahsh and Zaynab bint Khuzayma.

From Wikipedia

Zaynab first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 184 babies (rank #272 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Zaynab

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Zaynab yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,546

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

184

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	30	#781
1997	42	#617
1998	63	#470
1999	66	#452
2000	82	#392
2001	96	#356
2002	108	#338
2003	127	#312
2004	105	#366
2005	121	#335
2006	159	#291
2007	149	#310
2008	157	#300
2009	166	#288
2010	127	#360
2011	128	#369
2012	146	#335
2013	150	#314
2014	169	#284
2015	171	#284
2016	184	#272